"Walllyy," Dawn called with a frown, turning to face her older cousin. "I'm tired."
"Oh, yeah? What do you want me to do about it?" Wally questioned, glancing over to her. The four of them continue to walk, Wally's hand tight on the kid leash holding the pair of twins. Lord knows how often he's lost the twins.
She stretched out her arms, the frown quickly being replaced by a huge smile. "Carry me!"
He stopped in his tracks, his cousins following after him. He looked down at her, blinking, before sighing and dropping down to his knees.
"Fine, get on."
Dawn's smile only seemed to grow brighter as she ran over, jumping onto his back. With a "hup", Wally stood back up, carrying his younger cousin on his back.
"Heyyy! No fair!" Don exclaimed, his face contorting into a pouty frown as he stared at the two. "I want to be carried too!"
"Sucks to suck!" Dawn snickered, blowing a raspberry at her twin brother.
Don huffed, turning to Wally. "Wally! Carry me too!"
"No way, I'm not carrying both of you."
"You've done it before!" Don argued, crossing his arms.
"Yeah, when you were babies, you two weren't as heavy then," Wally retorted. Ace lets out a small snrk.
Don glared at him, his anger melting away as he attempted to stop himself from crying, tears forming at the corner of his eyes. Wally sighed heavily, letting his head drop. "Ask Ace to carry you."
Both Don and Ace blink, then look towards each other. Don grinned, opening his mouth to speak, but Ace cut him off before he could get a word out.
"No."
"Come on Ace!"
"No."
"I'm light!"
"And? I don't want to carry you the whole way."
Wally sighed, rolling his eyes. "Ace, if you carry Don I'll get you ice cream."
Ace looked over at Wally, seeming to consider his offer. "Fine."
"Can we get ice cream too?" Dawn asked, leaning her head on Wally's shoulder.
"Yes, Dawn, you and Donald can get ice cream too."
Don made a face as he got onto Ace's back. "Don't call me Donald."
"I'm not gonna keep saying Dawn and Don, it gets confusing even for me."
"They sound different!"
"Barely, one just sounds slightly longer than the other!"
"Still a difference!"
"Shut up or you're not gonna get ice cream."
"Ooooh, you said shut up!" Dawn exclaimed. "I'm gonna tell Mommy!"
"If you want ice cream you won't"
"Hey!" Dawn shouted, swinging her legs. "No fair!"
"Dawn- Stop moving or I'm gonna drop you!"
Dawn obliged, mumbling under her breath that Wally had better get her ice cream. Wally snickered as they continued to walk.
They eventually stopped by the ice cream truck near the park; grabbing a cone for both the twins, an ice cream sandwich for Ace, and a cup for Wally before they went on. Wally grumbled something about how stupid the prices were.
"I think I got some on your jacket."
"Are you kidding, Don?" Ace exclaimed, turning his head over. Wally snickered, then narrowed his eyes.
"Dawn, did you just wipe your hands on me?" Wally shrieked, voice reaching a high.
"Nooooo..?"
"You are unbelievable I swear."
The four kept going back and forth until they finally reached home, Don looked ready to pass out and Wally was pretty sure Dawn was already knocked out. Wally fumbled with the keys as he unlocked the door.
He kicked off his shoes before walking over to the twins' room, and placing Dawn down in her bed. Ace followed after him, Don seemed to be just awake enough to get off of his back and flop down onto his bed, immediately clocking out.
Wally checked the time before turning to his cousin. "It's only ten, Uncle Barry and Aunt Iris get back at eleven. Think you can stay awake playing video games?"
Ace grinned, quirking a brow. "You think I can't?"
Wally chuckled, walking out to the living room. "Come on then."
